Feculent receiver



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(No Model.)

F. M. MILLER.

. FEOULENT RECEIVER. No. 453,152. Patented May 26,1891.

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FEGULENT RECEIVER.

Patented May 26, 1891.

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FRANK M. MILLER, OF MORRISTOIVN, NEWV JERSEY, ASSIGN OR TO THE IDEAL SANITARY COMPANY OF NEW YORK.

FECULENT RECEIVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,152, dated May 26, 1891.

Application filed June 30, 1890. Serial No, 357,197x (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: below the slide and having adjacent to its for- Be it known that I, FRANK M. MILLER, a ward end an inclined chute L, which extends citizen of the United States, residing at Morfrom the slide toward the pan B.

ristown, in the county of Morris and State of Secured to the slide are rods M, which pass New Jersey, have invented a new and useful through the sides of the upper portion of the Improvementin FeculentReceivers,whichimbody and have their forward ends connected provement is fully set forth in the following with shoes N, which are supported on guides specification and accompanying drawings. N on the body Aand adapted to be engaged Myinvention consists of afeculent receiver by shoes P, which depend from and are se- \0 provided with means whereby. charges of abcured to the lid 0. The contact-faces of the sorbent, antiseptic, deodorizing, disinfecting, shoes N P are inclined. or other material such as may be used with Projecting from one of the shoes Nis a pin earth-closets may be automatically directed Q, which is adapted to enter a slot or recess into a chamber or pan and distributed over R in the front end of'a bar S, which is guided I 5 the excreta therein, so as to cover the same, in the side of the body A, and has its rear end for advantages resulting therefrom. connected by a link T with a swinging chute Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a U, which is mounted in a body A and slitted feculent receiver embodying my invention. or slotted, perforated, or otherwise open in its Fig. 2 represents an irregular horizontal secnature, said chute depending adjacent to the action thereof. I lower end of the chute L, so as to be in a Similar letters of reference indicate corremeasure continuous of the same. The front sponding parts in the two figures. end of the bar'S is adapted to be engaged by Referring to the drawings, A designates the a foot V, which depends from the lid 0 and body of a receiver, within which is a chamber is secured thereto, said end being beveled 2 5 or pan B for receiving'feculent matters or exand said foot being elastic or yielding, so as creta, the same being removable through a to readily ride on said end when so required. door in the front of the body. In the body is fitted a vertical rod W, which 0 designates the seat of the receiver, the is pressed upwardly by a spring X, and so same being hinged to the body and located projecting as to support the seat when not 0 over the pan B, as usual in such cases. in use and to receive the impact of the same Supported upon and communicating with when dropped or violently lowered. the bodyAis ahopper D, at the base of which The operation is as follows: Then the seat is a throat E for discharging the contents of is occupied, it lowers and the superimposed said hopper. weight is communicated by the shoes P to the 3 5 Mounted on guides F below the throat E is shoes N, and owing to the inclined contacta slide G, in which is an opening H, forming faces of the same the shoes N receive motion a charging and cut-off device for the material rearwardly, the same being communicated by to be admitted into the pan B from the hopthe rods M to the slide G, whereby the openper D, said opening being adapted to register ing II in the latter is placed beneath the 40 with the throat E of the hopper when the throat E of the hopper and above the bed K, slide is properly operated. Connected with said hopper containing the absorbent, antithe slide and a proper part of the hopper or septic, deodorant, or other material, aportion body is a spring J, which presses against the of which, as is evident, fills the opening 11 as slide for preventing improper movement of a charge. Owing to the motion of the shoes, 45 the slide and returning the same to its northe pin Q forces back the bar S, whereby the 5 mal position when the seat 0 is unoccupied, chute U is swung rearwardly and assumes an as will be hereinafter more fully explained. upright position, or approximately so, as K designates a bed which serves at certain shown by the dotted lines, Fig. 1, so that the times to close the bottom of the opening H of excreta may drop into the pan B. Then the 50 the slide, the same being properly supported seat is unoccupied, it is'raised by the action of the spring X, and as it no longer controls the shoes N the latter return to their normal positions, owing to the connected springs, and the slide G advances, thus leaving the throat E and uncovering the bottom of the opening H. The bar S, carried by the shoes N, also advances, and the chute U assumes an inclined position continuous of the chute L. The material in the opening 11 drops from the same upon the chute L and is directed by the same upon the chute U, whereby it isdistributed over the excreta, some of said material sifting through the slots or perforations of the chute U. Should it be desired to move said chute U rearward in order to direct liquids into the pan, the lid 0 is raised,whereby the foot V lifts the bar S clear of the pin Q, when the chute U by gravity swings or turns on its axis to the position shown by dotted lines. When the seat is again occupied and the shoes are forced back, the pin Q lifts the continuous lid of the bar S until it reaches the recess R, when the bar is again engaged with the shoe, so that it will be carried forward when the seat is unoccupied and rises just in advance of the release of another charge of material from the hopper. The guides N are provided with rollers N for easing the motions of the shoes N.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a feculent receiver, a hopper or receiver for material of a deodorizing, antiseptic, disinfecting nature, havingavalve, asupport for deposit of excreta, a discharging device between said receiver and support, and a movable seat having a shoe "in connection with the valve of the said hopper or receiver and carrying a shoe to engage the shoe of the said seat, said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. In a feculentreceiver, a hopper or receptacle for material of a deodorizing, antiseptic, disinfecting, or other nature, having a valve, a support for deposit of excreta, a discharging device between said receiver and support, comprising a hinged chute, a movable seat having a shoe in connection therewith, and a rod or bar in connection with the valve of the said hopper and carrying a shoe adapted to engage the shoe of said seat, said parts being combined substantially as described.

In a feculent receiver, a hopper or recep' tacle for holding suitable material, provided with a valve, a support for deposit of excreta, a discharging device between said receiver and support, comprising a hinged chute, a movable seat having a shoe in connection therewith, a rod or analogous device in connection with the valve of the hopper and carrying a shoe adapted to engage the shoe of said seat, and a bar attached to the swinging chute of said discharging device and to the shoe on said rod, said parts being combined substantially as described.

at. Afeculent receiver havingachargingdevice between a receiver for disinfecting or other material and the deposit-chamber, a shoe connected with said device bya rod, and a rising and falling seat having a shoe which is engaged by the shoe of the charging device, whereby the latter may be automatically operated by the motion of the seat, said parts being combined substantially as described.

5. Ashoe on the seat of a feculent receiver, a hopper for disinfecting or other material, a charging device in communication with said hopper, and a shoe connected with said device,

in combination with a swinging chute leading from the charging device, a bar or arm attached to said chute, a pin on the shoe of the charging device adapted to enter a recess in said arm, and a foot connected with the seat, adapted to engage said arm for releasing the chute so as to permit it to move from operative position, substantially as described";

6. In a feculent receiver, a hopper or receptacle to receive disinfecting or other material and provided with a valve, a support for excreta, a rising and falling spring-actuated seat having a shoe and a foot, a rod connected to the valve of said hopper and havingashoe to engage the shoe of the seat, a discharging device having a swinging chute, and a bar connected to said chute and the shoe on said rod, said parts being combined substantially as described.

FRANK M. MILLER. Witnesses: i

B. L. WINNER, J. 0. WHITE. 

